Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Und Die Kunde Der Alteren Kirche)
Pages
645
Publisher
Logos
Published
11/30/2006
ISBN-13
9783110189735
The book deals with the relation between identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. The focus falls on the way in which the commandments or guidelines presented in the New Testament writings inform the behaviour of the intended recipients. The habitual behaviour (ethos) of the different Christian communities in the New Testament are plotted and linked to their identity. Apart from analytical categories like ethos, ethics, and identity that are clearly defined in the book, efforts are also made to broaden the specific analytical categories related to ethical material. The way in which, for instance, narratives, proverbial expressions, imagery, etc. inform the reader about the ethical demands or ethos is also explored.
Inner Books
This physical volume has several internal sections, each of which has been reviewed independently
- Do everything in the name of the Lord: ethics and ethos in Colossians by Ben Witherington III and G. Francois Wessels
Reviews
Review of Biblical Literature (RBL) (H. H. Drake Williams III)
November 1, 2008
November 1, 2008
Berlin: de Gruyter, 2006. Pp. xiii + 645. Cloth. $199.80. ISBN 3110189739. H. H. Drake Williams III Tyndale Theological Seminary Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands The discussion about Christian ethics in the twenty-first century is an energetic one. With individualism and postmodernity becoming increasingly more prominent in Western culture and the interest in canonical texts still important, these essays aim to provide a basis for evaluating ethical principles from the canonical text of the New Testament. Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament is a collection of essays that examines ethics in the earliest point in the life of the Christian church. Following a preface, the volume is divided into six sections: an “Introduction”; “The Gospel and Acts”; “Pauline Letters”; “General Epistles, “2 Clement”; and a “Summary.” It contains twenty-four essays in total. This volume emerged as a result of two conferences that were held in April 2004 and August 2005 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The contributors to the volume are predominantly South African New Testament scholars. Those who are not South African are connected in some way with South African New Testament scholarship. Jan van der Watt, Director of the Research Unit for the Study from the University of Pretoria, is the organizer. He provides two essays: the preface and the conclusion.
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